Earl Long Cooperating With Doctors in Texas Hospital
Galveston reports say Governor Earl Long of Louisiana is cooperating with doctors at John Sealy Hospital as they run diagnostic tests for his mental illness. The bulletin notes he slept well, ate regularly, and shows a spirit of cooperation. treatment will start only after tests are completed. A Louisiana official warned he may not finish as chief executive.
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Galveston
Tex
UPI
Earl Long
Louisiana
John Truslow
John Sealy Hospital
Titus Harris
Long
Truslow
Bayou State
Local Man Coy Foote Tops Sales Records at Childress Shop
Coy Foote manager of the Childress Singer Sewing Machine Co. won an eight year sales record across 22 weeks earning an expense paid two week trip for him and his wife to Hollywood. He exceeded weekly quota by 11 times in one week and will travel June 7 to June 22 returning home with thanks to staff.
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Coy Foote
Childress Singer Sewing Machine Co
Hollywood
Calif
New York City
Foote
California
Orginal
Childress
Palmer Massey
S. H. Townsend
Burlington
R. Wright Armstrong
No Summer School Taught at Childress High School
Supt. J. W. Hamilton announced there will be no summer school courses at Childress High School after a conference with Principal Harold Reynolds. He said insufficient student interest did not warrant offering summer sessions.
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Childress High School
Supt
J. W. Hamilton
Harold Reynolds
Hamilton
Community Center Principal Resigns for New Post
Wendell Morgan resigns as principal of the Community Center school to take a post as principal at Lela. County Superintendent Wade Kimbrough announced the move and said the rest of the staff at the 12 grade school have been rehired and are expected to remain.
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Wendell Morgan
Community Center
Lela
Wade Kimbrough
Kimbrough
Severe storm rips South Plains injuring three and flooding towns
A violent squall line unleashed 80 mph winds and heavy rain across Snyder Lubbock and Slate causing at least three injuries. Rushing floodwaters prompted evacuations as 2.5 to 3 inches fell in Snyder in 50 minutes. Lubbock reported downtown flooding with five foot water in underpasses and stores pumpe d out, while Slaton saw roofs torn from homes and damaged property.
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South Plains
Snyder
Lubbock
Slate
Colorful McKenzie State Park
Slaton
Sweetwater
Abilene
Edwards Plateau
U. S. Weather Bureau
West Texas
Allen Owens
Dunlap’s
Valley Haven Courts
East Broadway
McKenzie Park
Chamber of Commerce Board Handles 19 Items on Agenda
The Childress Chamber of Commerce board discussed an industrial brochure from the University of Texas and debated a planned report on local industry. They ordered a refund of funds, corrected population figures, and announced park naming and the Burlington Day success plus Greenbelt Bowl promotions.
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Chamber of Commerce and
Board of City Development
University of Texas
Research Bureau
Childress
Board of Directors
Mrs E Duncan Dies Burial In Albuquerque
Mrs. E Duncan of Albuquerque New Mexico former Childress resident died about 10 am Tuesday after months of illness. Funeral services are set for 3 pm Thursday at the Baptist Church in Albuquerque with burial there. She and her husband ran a grocery store and service station at 1210 P F Northwest in Childress until about two months ago. She is survived by her husband two sons and four stepsons.
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FE. B. Duncan
Albquerque
Childress
Abuquerque
Baptist
Light Rainfall Recorded in Local Area
Rain fell during the night and early morning with .05 inch on downtown Index gauge and FAA airfield station. Mrs. Floyd Biddy reports .20 inch at High Point and .10 at Lanis Cheatheam farm. Burlington reports no local rainfall but heavy rain from Lubbock to South Plains.
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Childress
FAA
Air Field
Floyd Biddy
High Point
Biddy
Burlington
Lubbock
South Plains
Agencies suspend political activities to calm Indonesia crisis
Reports from Jakarta say the army halted all political activity to prevent chaos as Indonesia faces a rising political crisis. The move aims to stabilize the nation while tensions unfold overseas.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
UPI
Trot Line Fishing Good At Baylor
Local anglers Jimmy Harman and Louis Melzer reported success at Baylor Lake last night. The trot line yielded 26 pounds of channel cat, with the heaviest fish weighing 11 pounds.
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Baylor
Baylor Lake
Jimmy Harman
Louis Melzer
Dulles Allee Renamed in West Berlin Honor
West Berlin city government approved renaming of Zelten Allee near the East West Berlin border to Dulles Alllee in honor of the late U S secretary of state.
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Dulles Allee
Berlin
UPI
West Berlin
Confusion Over Farm League Baseball Team Names
Ray Fulinwider, coordinator, announced widespread confusion in the Farm League about team names. He listed the Major League clubs Phillies Cardinals Dodgers Giants and the Texas League Cats Sports Buffs Eagles and the Southern Association Chicks Pelicans Barons Bears. A meeting is set for 1 30 Sunday at city hall to straighten out the names.
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Pelican
Baron Sport
Eagle
Ray Fulinwider
Phillies
Cardinals
Dodgers
Giants
Cats
Fulinwider
First Monday Winners Listed
The Index notes a faulty negative prevented publishing the First Monday prize winners. Mrs. C. H. Welch of 604 B. Ne. won $25 in the free drawing. Mrs. Jack Gibbs of 418 Std St., Sr., won $40. Mrs. P. B. Snider of Route 2 also received a prize.
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C. H. Welch
B. Ne
Jack Gibbs
P. B. Snider
Route 2
Nicaragua seeks OAS aid over incursion by rebels
Nicaraguan Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa urged the OAS council to convene a meeting of hemisphere foreign ministers and consult on measures under the Rio Pact to counter a rebel invasion. He noted reports that Cuba may have sent men and that three boatloads of attackers left Cuba for Nicaragua. The council planned a 24 hour adjournment for consultations among 21 American nations.
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Washington
UPI
Nicaragua
Organization of American States
Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa
Council of the Oas
Hemisphere
OAS Council
OAS
Somoza
Cuba
Sevilla-Sacasa
Higley Renamed To Area Board
Higley of Childress was named a member of the Panhandle Automobile Club Executive Board in Amarillo. He has served as a PAC director for 20 years and on the executive board for 10 years. The board expanded from four to five members with Herb Budke, Guy Lawrence, George Hammock, and Lloyd Laird accompanying him.
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Morris Higley
Childress
Panhandie Automobile Club
Amarillo
Higley
PAC
Panhandle Automobile Club
American Automobile Association
Herb Budke
Guy Lawrence
Hereford
George Hammock
Lloyd Laird
Precincts May Hold Wet-Dry Local Option Votes
The Texas Supreme Court cleared the way for precincts and towns in dry counties to hold local option elections on alcohol without prior county wet status. The ruling supports local self government and grants towns and precincts equal footing with counties in the 1935 constitutional framework.
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Austin
Supreme Court
Trial Court
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
San Antonio
S. Myers
Dimamit
Murray
Civil Appeals Court
Nominators Named by Legion Post Elect Officers
Cox Farr Post No 65 American Legion appointed a three member nominating committee to select new officers during last night’s Veterans Building meeting. The auxiliary elected 1959 60 officers including President Rudiene Scott and Secretary Jimmie Miller.
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Cox Farr
American Legion
Scotty Clements
Veterans Building
Homer Reynolds
FE. J. Huddleston
Bob Ray
Rudiene Scott
Treasuer
Jimmie Miller
Marie Leslie
Polly Laningham
Naomi Shoemaker
Georgia Lee Huddleston
Piano Pupils Present All-Boy Recital for Rotary Club
Five piano students of Mrs. Roy Coffee presented a program titled Variety and Spice for the Rotary Club. The performers included Joe Jeffers Pat Henry Ronnie Sims Billy Edrington and Douglas Custer with Gaines Highsmith directing. Guests included Mike Ehrie and Charles Hurt from Quanah plus visiting Rotarians C F Harrison Eddie Foxhall Ralph Templin and C A Deuschle.
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Roy Coffee
Rotary Club
Joe Jeffers
Pat Henry
Ronnie Sims
Billy Edrington
Douglas Custer
Gaines Highsmith
Mike Ehrie
Charles Hurt
Quanah
C. F. Harrison
Eddie Foxhall
Memphis
Ralph Templin
C. A. Deuschle
Vernon
Woman Deported From Mexico Over Four Million Peso Theft
Mrs Marilyn Kay Thal and two Americans linked to a case were ordered deported by Mexico's interior ministry for visiting on tourist visas and doing business. Thal and her bodyguard Karl Boyeff were fined 400 dollars each, Dr. Nathaniel Ostroff 800 dollars. The theft allegedly involved Alfonso Acosta Meza who fled after assaulting Boyeff and wounding Thal.
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Mexico City
UPI
Marilyn
Kay) Thal
Mexico
Interior Ministry
Karl Boyeff
Thal
Nathaniel Ostroff
Boyeff
U. S
Dr. Ostroff
Miami Beach
Fla
Sam Kay
Florida
Alfonso Arnaldo Acosta Meza
U.S
Turkey Man Is Sent For Induction
George Ray Colvin Jr of Turkey was forwarded today to the induction station in Amarillo by Local Board No 20 Selective Service System. The board serves Childress Cottle Hall Brisco and Collingsworth counties.
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Armed Forces
Amarillo
Selective Service System
George Ray Colvin, Jr
Turkey
Childress
Cottle
Hall
Brisco
Collingsworth
Senate Deliberates Texas Tax Program Recess Under Study
The Texas Senate agreed to recess until Friday as the State Affairs Committee, led by Sen. Dorsey Hardeman, plans full-time hearings Thursday to refine the governor’s tax program. Hardeman urged careful action and rejected rash measures, while Sen. Henry Gonzalez pushed a no-dilly-dally pledge to ensure timely progress. The Senate also weighs the administration’s abandoned property bill in House floor action.
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Austin
Hardeman
Senate
Henry Gonzalez
San Antonio
Price Daniel
Daniel
Gonzalez
House
Lonie and Olympus Plan Community Reunion
Homecoming activities are set for July at the City Auditorium. Families should bring a basket lunch for the noon meal. All residents and former residents of Lonie and Olympus are invited to participate.
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Lonie
Olympus
Eisenhower warns against anti Semitism in Strauss confirmation
President Eisenhower said it would be tragic if anti Semitism entered the Senate dispute over Commerce Secretary nominee Lewis Strauss. He rejected criticism of Strauss and said he would not withdraw the nomination despite opposition, noting no grounds to endanger Strauss eight month wait for confirmation. He deplored any such issue and did not single out any GOP member for the charge.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Senate
Commerce
Lewis L. Strauss
Strauss
Hoodlum Hears Own Proposition Broadcast in Senate Hearing
The Senate Rackets Committee aired a recorded bribery offer by a Chicago hoodlum to a Porter County deputy sheriff. The deputy Harold D Rayder of Valparaiso Ind testified he recorded the May 4 conversation in a car with Tom Morgano a Porter County representative of the Chicago crime syndicate Morgano listened to the playback and invoked the Fifth Amendment to all questions.
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Washington
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Enrique Lacayo
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